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The Operator’s Brief.
Practical writing on running a company that scales past its founder — operations, hiring, technology, and the numbers. One idea at a time, from people who run these systems for a living.
ISSUE N°012 · PUBLISHED WEEKLY · NO TREND-CHASING, NO LISTICLES
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N°011The numbers a founder should see every Monday morning
Read the brief →: The numbers a founder should see every Monday morningMost founders don’t lack data. They lack a small, trusted set of numbers they can look at on a Monday morning and know, without having to double-check or ask someone to explain it, whether the business is in good shape. What they have instead is…
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N°009
Onshore accountability, offshore economics: how to outsource without losing control
Most founders who’ve tried offshore outsourcing and pulled back don’t describe it as a talent problem. The work, in isolation, was often fine. What they describe is a…
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N°008
Employer of record, explained for founders: when it makes sense and when it doesn’t
At some point in a growing company’s life, someone finds the perfect candidate, and that candidate happens to live in a country the company has no legal presence…